Steffen Kailitz

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Steffen Kailitz
Born (1969-05-18) 18 May 1969 (age 54)
Alma mater Chemnitz University of Technology
Scientific career
Fields Political science
Institutions Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism

Steffen Kailitz (born 18 May 1969) is a German political scientist and a senior research fellow at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism. He specializes in comparative studies of democracy, extremism, totalitarianism, electoral systems and studies of political parties. [1] He has also testified as an expert witness before the Federal Constitutional Court, the Parliament of Bavaria and other government authorities. [2] [3]

Kailitz earned a PhD in political science at Chemnitz University of Technology in 1999; his doctoral advisor was Eckhard Jesse. He has worked as a researcher at Chemnitz University of Technology since 1998 and earned his habilitation in 2005.

Following his critical comments regarding the far-right NPD party, the party initiated legal proceedings against him that were eventually dismissed by the court. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Steffen Kailitz, TU Dresden
  2. Florian Sendtner: NSU war von V-Leuten „regelrecht umzingelt“. In: Bayerische Staatszeitung. 30. November 2012.
  3. Ausgrenzen, bitte , Die Zeit, 5. Mai 2016
  4. "NPD reicht Klage gegen Dresdner Politologen Kailitz ein". DNN – Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten.
  5. Dresden, Landgericht. "Landgericht Dresden – Pressemitteilungen aus dem Jahr 2017". www.justiz.sachsen.de.